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David Topping’s every subway station trip
David Topping of Torontoist has a piece in the National Post today about his summer project 69 Stations — he took a trip every day to one of...
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TTC Ponders 24 Hour Subway Service
TTC Commissioners directed TTC staff yesterday to investigate the possibility of operating subway service overnight instead of shutting service down...
By James Bow -
Bike racks on buses get green light
The expansion of the Rack It and Rocket Program is expected to move forward following a TTC meeting this afternoon. The one-year pilot project was...
By Tammy Thorne -
Will the Real Rick Ducharme Please Stand Up?
Speaking with the refreshing candour of a man not interested in sucking up to the boss, former TTC General Manager Rick Ducharme weighed in on the issue...
By James Bow -
Wanted: a transit visionary for GTA
cross-posted from Spacing Votes by Zach Slootsky Why can’t Toronto find someone with the guts to stand up for transit? This is the question that...
By Spacing -
Low floor buses a bust
Both Howard Moscoe and Chief General Manager Gary Webster say the new low-floor buses have been a failure due to their poor seating in the rear of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Subway Extension to East Mall Proposed
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. This past Wednesday, Etobicoke community council voted to ask city staff to investigate the possibility of extending the...
By James Bow -
TTC merchandise commentary in Eye Weekly
Liz Clayton has a story this week in Eye about the new store TTC Transit Stuff (she also wrote about Spacing’s subway buttons). Read the full...
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Monarchs everywhere!
Monarchs, monarchs, everywhere! From today’s Star: They’re suddenly everywhere — majestic black and orange butterflies fluttering in...
By Matthew Blackett -
Subway Navigator
I was recently forwarded the Subway Navigator site which has a number of international cities’ subway maps and can help you figure out how to get...
By Matthew Blackett -
Tuesday’s headlines
• Follow the leader game just unfair to challengers: Royson James has a good piece in the Star today about the upcoming city election...
By Matthew Blackett -
Popular August posts on the Spacing Wire
In mid-March of 2006 we decided to activate our comments section to let Spacing Wire readers have their say, too. We’ve been very happy with the...
By Matthew Blackett